I saw an interview yesterday with Andy after seeing his match last night, and he was talking about how it's not good to get upset on the court because of what it does to the next point. That if you lose a point, you just have to move on. I wondered to myself, just what has happened with Andy, I mean here is a guy who bloodied his knuckles on his racquet, beat up his shoes, yelled obcenities, and yelled at his box and suddenly he is this calm, mild mannered guy on court......it's wonderful and seems to be having an effect on his tennis. Lendl has put a hypnotic spell on him maybe.

I totally agree that Andy is growing up. It was becoming evident at the end of last year.

One of Baggy's wins was at Rotterdam when Andy was so down after the AO against Djokovic so personally I do not think we should pay much attention to that win. Andy will use his head again and all those shots in his arsenal.

I saw an interview yesterday with Andy after seeing his match last night, and he was talking about how it's not good to get upset on the court because of what it does to the next point. That if you lose a point, you just have to move on. I wondered to myself, just what has happened with Andy, I mean here is a guy who bloodied his knuckles on his racquet, beat up his shoes, yelled obcenities, and yelled at his box and suddenly he is this calm, mild mannered guy on court......it's wonderful and seems to be having an effect on his tennis. Lendl has put a hypnotic spell on him maybe.

It's taken him long enough to realise that! People have been saying for years he should channel his frustrations into his game and not dwell on lost points or poor shots. Thankfully Lendl seems to have managed to get this across to him. The only thing I would like to see back is some of that old fire - just a bit more of that raw emotion. There's never any harm in a little of that if it gets him going.

The hype has already started as, of course, we knew it would. On BBC Breakfast this morning they said that there was no-one now standing in the way of Andy getting to the final except Roddick, who is passed his best, and Ferrer, who doesn't play well on grass - nothing about the other dangerous players that he has to navigate. If he now doesn't make the final it will be nothing less than abject failure as far as the media is concerned!

I cannot believe these people are paid to talk utter nonsense. It's an insult to the viewers to have such poor quality commentators and sports journalists!

Barry is absolutely right when he says that the line judges are highly trained, experienced people, and not just anyone coming in for a two week stint.

The same of course goes for the ball-boys/girls. What they have to go through is an almost military-style training course. In addition to physical drills they are expected to sit written tests to make sure they fully understand the rules of the game, etiquette, etc. Not for the faint-hearted!

Well I did predict Raonic would go out early. I don't understand why everyone raves about this guy. What has he won?

Theres no doubt Andy is favourite in his half of the draw to reach the final. But that puts a little bit extra pressure on him. Cilic would be unpredictable and Im kind of rooting for Querrey because Andy handled him easily before at wimbledon.

Of all things, the officials and BBC had to come up with the idea of foot faulting Karlovic 11 times to ensure a Murray win or else there was no way no how. Whoever came up with this idea is nothing but a sheer genius.

Lol u couldn't make it up! A cushy draw like Fed's would have been a much better idea of "helping" Andy out. Hope there's some mobile phone evidence about.Am surprised foot fault judges weren't replaced every hour though, aren't the line judges regularily replaced?

A hawkeye system has been suggested - but would it really justify the expense? Paranoid idiots like Karlovic are not par for the course and, according to Andy, foot-faults are fairly rare these days anyway (can't remember why though).